The invisible hook : the hidden economics of pirates / Peter T. Leeson.
Publication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.Description: xvi, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780691137476 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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- G535 .L44 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-255) and index.
The invisible hook -- Vote for Blackbeard. The economics of pirate democracy -- An-arrgh-chy. The economics of the pirate code -- Skull & bones. The economics of the Jolly Roger -- Walk the plank. The economics of pirate torture -- Pressing pegleg. The economics of pirate conscription -- Equal pay for equal prey. The economics of pirate tolerance -- The secrets of pirate management -- Epilogue: omnipresent economics -- Postscript: you can't keep a sea dog down. The fall and rise of piracy.
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